We, the faculty, stand with our community of students,
faculty, staff, researchers and colleagues to uphold our
commitment to listen, learn and to take action against social
injustice. We pledge to act in solidarity with those
who seek to end racism and achieve equity and justice for
all.
To set up an advising appointment current students please
click here. If you
are not a current student please call 530-752-0890 to set up an
appointment.
Alum Hong Chun Zhang (M.F.A., ‘2004) will present a new work in a
group show inspired by the global spirit of Kansas City
at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Open
Inquiry: UC Arts brings together emerging artists from the
University of California’s leading art programs at UCLA, UC
Berkeley, and UC Davis for a group show at the Sausalito Center for
the Arts.
Alum Manuel Fernando Rios’ (MFA, ‘11) new solo show at the
Pence Gallery is a reflection on the complex nature of memory,
how certain moments can hold both joy and pain, comfort and
conflict.
The winter quarter Open Studios is coming! On Thursday, March 12,
from 4:30-6:30 p.m., our graduate students will open their
studios to the public. Come and see new work and meet the local
art community!
Featured students include MFA students Nick Block, Tara Daly,
Levi Keatts, Davion Macks, Sean Olmstead, Marjorie Williams,
Sierra Faust, Gemma Padilla, Erica Rawson, Julio Rodriguez and
Lulu Smith.
Andre Keichian is an interdisciplinary artist and educator
working across photography, video and sculptural installation.
His work houses conversations around exile, trans
identities, and diaspora and questions how these connections
might speak to geopolitical and subjective understandings of
migration.
Mimi Plumb is part of a long tradition of socially engaged
photographers whose work explores the landscapes and communities
of California and the American West. In 2022, she was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship to support her ongoing project, The
Reservoir.
Dyani White Hawk is a multidisciplinary artist based in
Minneapolis. Her practice, strongly rooted in painting and
beadwork, extends into sculpture, installation, video, and
performance, reflecting upon cross-cultural experiences through
the amalgamation of influences from Lakota and Euro/American
abstraction. A mid-career survey Dyani White Hawk: Love
Language, co-organized by the Walker Art Center and Remai Modern,
will open at Remai Modern on April 25, 2026.
